Malmquist Bias and Completeness Limits
Abstract
Many problems in observational astronomy concern a particular statistical distribution function of some quantity such as the number of objects with some attribute, x. Examples of x would include parallax, apparent magnitude, absolute magnitude, linear separation of binary stars, stellar mass, galaxy mass, x-ray luminosity, the occurrence frequency of novae and supernovae, distances to stars from ...
- Publication:
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Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- November 2000
- DOI:
- 10.1888/0333750888/1940
- Bibcode:
- 2000eaa..bookE1940S
- Keywords:
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- Instrumentation and Observational Techniques;
- Observational Domains and Techniques